even though items in certain compartments of the bag belonged to Frazier. The Court stated: The fact that the police misrepresented the statements that Rawls had made is, while relevant, insufficient, in our view, to make this otherwise voluntary confession inadmissible. Subsequent history Later case law has interpreted Frazier v. Cupp as the case permitting police deception during interrogations. The language of the ruling did not specifically state which forms of police deception were acceptable, but the ruling provided a precedent for a confession being voluntary even though deceptive tactics were used. References Further reading Inbau, F. E., Reid, J. E., Buckley, J. P., & Jayne, B. C. (2004). Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, 4th ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. . . External links 1969 in United States case law Confrontation Clause case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court Deception